Factors affecting the performance of secondary schools in Libya.

This study aims to identify and understand factors affecting the performance of secondary schools in

Libya, as well as examining the state strategies put in place in order to develop and enhance the

performance of secondary schools. Additionally, this study seeks to understand the role of the state in

offering the teaching aids, good curriculums, textbook, training of teachers, and administrates laboratories

and makes information communication technology available for students and staff.

qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews with, fourteen members of teaching

staff in secondary schools in Tajoura, Libya. Questions of study: the interview questions: the participants

were asked to specify the main factors affecting the performance of secondary schools, and to identify the

barriers and benefits how to overcome these barriers. Place and duration of study: secondary schools in

Tajoura, November 2019.

a semi–structure interview was used to elicit data from fourteen participants. The interviews included a

number of staff:  Eight teachers, four administrators, and two managers of secondary schools in district of

Tajoura. Results: findings from study show that most participants confirmed the importance of qualified

teachers and referred to the need to determine the number of students in the classroom, while some of

them referred to the need for refresher courses for teachers on the curriculum prior to their

implementation, moreover, most participants believed that they needed more skills training and suffering

of unavailable information and communication technology for students and staff  in secondary schools.